"Your Majesty has decreed a general amnesty for the whole world!"
The cabinet decree was issued on the same day, but no one thought there was a problem.
Even Zhuge Qingshan felt that the world should be amnesty.
Because this new grain harvest will be a historic landmark event, destined to be recorded in the history books in the future.
Regarding this day, historians recorded that "in the 30th year of Emperor Wu's reign, on September 7, there was a good harvest of new grains, and Emperor Wu was pleased and granted amnesty to the world."
"Amnesty for the world!"
The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, the Hanging Sword Division, the Forbidden Army... Every yamen in the capital that has the right to set up cells and dungeons is filled with joy.
The emperor's general amnesty was a surprise to many prisoners.
This means that they do not have to die in prison, nor do they have to suffer so much and suffer in this purgatory.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
In the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment, the jailer took the key and knocked on each cell, announcing the good news:
"Your Majesty has decreed a general amnesty for the whole world. Your hard days are over."
"What?" In the prison, the prisoners who had lost hope suddenly had their faces filled with hope.
Someone asked: "Brother, is this really the case?"
They were looking forward to it and couldn't believe it.
"Is this a good day?"
"Your Majesty's birthday?"
The jailer said: "You are lucky. I don't know why, but it seems that the crops on the young master's farm have a good harvest. Your Majesty is very happy."
The prisoner was puzzled: "A good harvest is a happy event, but what about a general amnesty?"
"If you don't want to leave, you can continue to stay here. The Ministry of Punishment will not deny you a meal." The jailer rolled his eyes.
"No, no, no, I'm willing to leave, of course I have to go..."
"Go away." The jailer opened the door.
Several jailers took the booklet, looked at the cell numbers, and checked them.
"You...can leave, but you can't leave."
The prisoner in the cell next to him suddenly exploded: "Why can't I leave?"
"We all kill people. He can leave, why can't I leave?"
A jailer sneered: "You are unfilial and unjust by killing your brother, and you accidentally hurt someone. How can it be the same?"
The emperor's general amnesty also has rules and regulations!
This does not mean that any prisoner in prison can be pardoned.
As the saying goes, there is so much evil that no one can forgive it.
This means that even if there is a general amnesty for the world, unless the emperor personally names him, he will act in accordance with this regulation.
Those who commit the ten heinous crimes cannot be forgiven!
rebellion.
Planning a major rebellion: destroying the royal family's temple and mausoleum.
Rebellion: refers to betrayal of the imperial court. It is different from rebellion. Rebellion is just betrayal but does not necessarily mean rebellion.
Evil rebellion: refers to beating and killing parents, grandparents, uncles and other relatives and elders.
Not Tao: Killing innocent people in a family of three or more, and killing people and dissecting their bodies are also included.
Disrespect: Refers to offending the majesty of the royal family, such as writing poems to curse or satirize the emperor, or not avoiding the names of saints in articles.
Unfilial piety: not being filial to parents and elders, or getting married and having fun during the filial piety period when parents died.
Discord: murder of relatives, or a woman beating, accusing, or framing her husband.
Injustice: officials beat and kill each other, the following committed the crime, the woman remarried while observing her husband's filial piety, etc.
Civil strife: adultery among relatives.
The above ten grave sins are unforgivable and should all be punished!
After the jailer finished speaking, the prisoners in the prison were immediately filled with mixed emotions.
"I am not among the ten sins. I can go home. I can go home. Woohoo..." Some people hugged their heads and cried.
"It's over, my sister-in-law and I... I can't leave?" One person regretfully found that the jailer who walked to his door did not open the door for him.
The jailer glanced at this man and said coldly: "You committed adultery with your sister-in-law, made your brother angry to death, committed civil strife, unfilial piety, and rebellion... You have committed three of the ten major crimes, and you still want to get out?"
Another person was also disgusted and said: "Damn it, just wait for the Queen of Autumn Lingchi to wait until the Dali Temple death penalty review is completed!"
In this era, people's moral standards are relatively high, and everyone can punish these things that are insignificant.
"I..." The prisoner suddenly felt like a frosted eggplant, filled with regret.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, brother..." More prisoners did kneel down and kowtow, and they were free to leave.
The jailers did not dare to take credit and said: "Don't thank me, I have no right to let you go. Please thank Your Majesty and the young master."
"Young Master...yes, I will set up a memorial tablet for him when I get back!"
The jailer couldn't laugh or cry: "Young master is very young, what kind of memorial tablet should be set up?"
"Eternal life tablet, hehe..."
"That's pretty much it. Let's go and get out of here. We'll have to call someone to clean up the cell later."
Another jailer said: "Now that there are less people, we can feel more relaxed."
"Just go out and live your life, and don't do anything wrong again, otherwise the young master won't be able to save you a second time."
"Yes, yes... Your Majesty is kind, and the common people have nothing to repay..."
"Okay, okay, okay, stop crying and get out of here! Don't block the passage to the cell. Others are still walking. They will trample you to death later." The jailer said impatiently.
Someone cried: "I am not among the ten evils, why don't you let me go?"
The jailer walked to the person's cell and looked at the charges written on the booklet corresponding to the cell.
The jailer's face was gloomy.
The other jailers also came over: "What's wrong?"
"If he doesn't commit the ten evil crimes, let him go. Don't waste our punishment department's food."
"This person cannot be released!" the jailer who was reading the book said coldly.
"Why not..."
After taking the booklet and looking at it, several jailers nodded in unison.
With one look, they actually reached an agreement: This person must not be let go!
"Trading women and children, collecting raw materials and broken branches..."
"Even if you are not among the ten heinous sins, you are full of sins and we will never let you live!"
The so-called harvesting and cutting off branches is to cut off the arms and legs of a kidnapped child or gouge out the eyes and let it grow into strange shapes, so as to arouse the pity of others... so that they can ask for money.
The trafficker was furious: "No, I am not among the ten heinous crimes. You can't keep me alone. I will sue and you will all have to face lawsuits!"
At this time, a pardoned prisoner passing by spat towards the trafficker's cell:
"Bah, you deserve to be pardoned? Human traffickers deserve to be struck by lightning!"
"Every human trafficker is too numerous to mention. I will never let him go!"
A strong man with a beard said coldly: "It's a shame that this guy is not in the same cell as me, otherwise he wouldn't be alive today!"
The cruel look on his face frightened the jailer and made the trafficker shrink back into the corner of the cell.
Upon hearing this, several jailers looked at each other and had a plan in mind.
…
Xia Song was informed that a prisoner had died in the dungeon of the Criminal Department.
Originally, there was no need for him to intervene in this matter. Those bitches would die as soon as they died.
But today the emperor is granting amnesty to the whole world. It would be terrible if the emperor thinks that he did it deliberately at this juncture.
So Xia Song took a rare trip to the dungeon.
"Who is this person? How did he die?" Xia Song came to the cell and questioned several jailers.
Several jailers glanced at each other, and one of them said: "Sir, this person's name is Qiu San, and he is a Yazi."
Yazi is the name for human traffickers.
"Yazi?" Xia Song felt disgusted when he heard this.
He glanced at the corpse a few times and then at the jailers: "What's going on?"
"Today I came to deliver the news. Those prisoners knew that His Majesty was granting amnesty to the whole world, so they... beat him to death."
"What?" Xia Song was furious when he heard this, "How dare those prisoners do this?"
The jailer said: "Sir, no one admits this."
"My lord, I don't think it's necessary to investigate."
"Although he is a human being, there should be laws in our punishment department..." Xia Song thought thoughtfully.
A jailer said: "But Your Majesty is granting amnesty to the whole world. Killing one person for everyone is not an unforgivable crime..."
"Ah this?" Xia Song was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he didn't bother to stand up for this kind of person. "Then let's just let his family pick up the body."
The jailer reminded: "Sir, this man is not only a human being, he also collects raw and broken branches. How can he have a family... The whole family has been exiled a long time ago, and he is also waiting for Lingchi, the Queen of Autumn."
"What, picking up raw branches?" Xia Song was furious, "Then throw it into a mass grave, what the hell!"
After saying that, he left in a hurry in disgust.
The jailers looked at each other in a joking manner.